The N.I.H. asked Dr. Ian Lipkin, a virologist at Columbia, to investigate the cause of chronic fatigue syndrome.

CUMC researchers are working on ways to print living human tissue -- to one day produce personalized body parts & implants on demand.

Dr. Tom Maniatis is honored for developing research methods for studying human cells -- where only bacterial cells were possible before.

Dr. Ethel Siris notes the severity of fractures late in life. “When you break a hip at 80, it can be a life-ending experience.”